Jason Holt, mitigating, asked the judge not to pass an immediate jail sentence. He said the defendant has responsibilities for three children, is no longer using drugs, and the offence happened more than a year ago.

As part of his community order Bennett must complete 120 hours unpaid work.

Judge Paul Glenn told the defendant: “You know from personal experience that the courts take a serious view of drug-dealing.

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"Your past has caught up with you and you were subjected to some pressure to pay the debt. You said you had already sold the previous consignment and this was the second lot of drugs you had been asked to sell for the remission of the debt, and to that extent it was financially motivated.

“It is accepted yours was a significant role, it was financially motivated. But I do agree some degree of pressure was applied.”